Underreporting of Cases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Worrying Warning for Africa

Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading infectious causes of mortality, with around 4000 deaths daily. Since the emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Africa, the region has experienced a lapse in responses directed at TB control, because the priority has shifted to interventions aimed at managing COVID-19. In addition to an unprecedented burden on the region’s already overburdened health systems, another major public health concern is the clinical similarities between COVID-19 and TB, making TB diagnosis increasingly challenging, which may lead to poor prognosis, especially in people with TB and COVID-19 co-infection. A likely implication is that TB patients may stop attending health-care facilities due to fear of contracting or being diagnosed with COVID-19 or to avoid being stigmatized, invariably resulting in a disruption in their access to health-care services. Therefore, massive global support should be provided for TB endemic countries to respond synergistically and strongly to the thousands of TB cases as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fighting Tuberculosis in Africa: The Current Situation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Uwishema

Badri

Onyeaka

et al. 2022

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Underreporting of Cases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Worrying Warning for Africa

Abstract: In this manuscript, we discuss the current epidemiological scenario of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Africa, its implications, as well as propose recommendations.

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Fighting Tuberculosis in Africa: The Current Situation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fighting Tuberculosis in Africa: The Current Situation Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Inequity in the global distribution of monkeypox vaccines

The impact of pandemics on medical research publication trend: Tested on PubMed as an example through the COVID-19 era

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